The YMCA of Greater Toronto is suing a former employee alleging she orchestrated a kickback scheme that defrauded the charity and robbed taxpayers of more than $2 million.
The former employee, Christine Ruth Burns, is accused of conspiring with several others to steal $2.2 million intended for a job-training program funded by the federal government. In October 2023, she was criminally charged by Ontario Provincial Police with fraud, identity theft and uttering forged documents.